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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 12, 2008, at 8:15 PM, SJC wrote:

> Gene GeRue wrote:
> > > > > The shoulders of the roadway were specifically widened for the  
> > > > > buggy
> > > > > drivers.
> Most roads are wide enough for a buggy, Gene...  :-)
> Are you sure these shoulders weren't widened so that cars could go at
> their accustomed pace while the buggies used the road?

This is a divided highway--two lanes each way--with a speed limit of  
60 mph. The relatively low speed limit is because it is not a freeway-- 
there are many roads bisecting it, some with stop lights, some not.  
The highway shoulders both before and after the area of heavy buggy  
use are much narrower. It appears to me that the buggy travel area  
shoulders are not only wider, but they are more level. They are  
heavily used by the horse buggies.